From 61371b7bdaad5a45e8e73f361ea1a1cdfa9a7930 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Fiedler Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 16:34:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add missing move --- content/chess/first-rated-game.md | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/chess/first-rated-game.md b/content/chess/first-rated-game.md index b08436c..cd1e09b 100644 --- a/content/chess/first-rated-game.md +++ b/content/chess/first-rated-game.md @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ my attack, so I play **20. h5 Nf8 21. Kb1 b4 22. b3 a4 23. hxg6 fxg6**. 23. ... hxg6?? would have immediately lost to 24. Qh3!. I spent some time considering 24. Rxh7, but I didn't see a sensible continuation -After 24. ... Nxf7, Stockfish shows the way: 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 (26. ... Kf8? 27. +after 24. ... Nxf7. Stockfish shows the way: 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 (26. ... Kf8? 27. Rf1! with mate to follow, as the Black king cannot escape via e7 due to Qg7#) 26\. Qf7! and Black must sacrifice his queen avoid getting checkmated. @@ -118,13 +118,14 @@ and my connected passed pawns are one square closer to promotion than Black's. caption="White's pieces look much more active than Black's after **40. ... h4**" >}} Black tries to push with **40\. ... h4** but the h-pawn alone cannot promote -while my rook patrols the first rank. **41. Ke4?**, better would have been 41. e6 -immediately. **41. ... Ka3 42. e6 Ra8 43. Nc7 Rd8+ 44. Ke5 Rf8?**. After my -opponent offered me the exchange of rooks, I can win the game on the spot and -take my time to calculate the following sequence: **45. Rxf8 Nxf8 46. e7 Nd7+ -47\. Ke6!** only winning move, as otherwise the black knight defends the e8 -square from f6. **47. ... Nc5+ 48. dxc5 h2 49. a8=Q** and Black resigns, because -49\. ... h1=Q is followed by 50. Qh8+! ... 51. Qxh1, and the game is over. +while my rook patrols the first rank. **41. Ke4?**, better would have been 41. +e6 immediately. **41. ... Ra3 42. Kd5 h3 43. e6 Ra8 44. Nc7 Rd8+ 45. Ke5 Rf8?**. +After my opponent offered me the exchange of rooks, I can win the game on the +spot and take my time to calculate the following sequence: **46. Rxf8 Nxf8 47. +e7 Nd7+ 48\. Ke6!** only winning move, as otherwise the black knight defends the +e8 square from f6. **48. ... Nc5+ 49. dxc5 h2 50. a8=Q** and Black resigns, +because 50\. ... h1=Q is followed by 51. Qh8+! ... 52. Qxh1, and the game is +over. {{< fen pos="4Q3/2N5/4K1pk/2P5/8/8/7p/8 b - - 0 50" caption="Black resigns after **49. a8=Q**" >}} @@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ equalized in the middle game. # A fun puzzle -During the game, my endgame was winning due to having **48. dxc5** after **47. +During the game, my endgame was winning due to having **49. dxc5** after **48. ... Nc5+**. It turns out that this endgame is also winning without the pawn on d4, can you find an alternative winning sequence? -- 2.38.5